LIPARIS. 27 
4 in., long and “65 to nearly 1 in. broad. ‘Inflorescence erect, longer than the leaf, 
slightly winged, raceme laxly-flowered ; flora! бғасі linear, obtuse, shorter than the pedi- 
celled ovary. Flower ‘75 in. long, green, the lip purple. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
the dorsal spreading, the lateral pair lying parallel under the lip, all with revolute 
margins. Petals linear, reflexed. Lip oblong, deflexed about the middle, concave and 
with a shining fluted line running from base to apex; the basal or non-deflexed part 
without calli, the deflexed or anterior part with a broad rounded ciliolate cuspidate apex, 
the whole lip veined and purple, the edges olive green, Column with two short wings 
near the apex, the base dilated into two large purple knob-like convexities. Anther 
with а beaked apex. Pollinia obovoid. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 268; Hook. 
fil. Ie. Plantar, t. 1809; Fl. Br. Ind. V, 693. 
In the Chumbi valley, north-east of Sikkim; elevation about 11,000 feet; Pant- 
ling No. 402. Westwards along the Himalaya to Kumaon and Gharwal. 
Pirate 83.—Liparis Glossula, Reichb. fil. A plant, of nutural sise. Fig. 1 flower, front view, 
2 floral bract, pedicelled ovary, column and lip, side view, 8 column with pollinia іп situ, 4 empty 
anther, 5 pollinia; all enlarged. 
7. ТлрАВІЅ parapoxa, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 218. 
Terrestrial Pseudo-bulbs narrowly ovoid. Stems tall, as thick as a pencil, about 6 
in. high, slightly bulbous at the base, bearing several sheaths. Leaves two or three, 
alternate, narrowly  elliptic-lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the amplexicaul sheath, 
plicate, 5-nerved, 5 in. long and about 1 in. broad at the middle. Inflorescence 
longer than the leaves; the peduncle finely striate, with one or two linear spread- 
ing bracteoles "25 in. long; raceme as long as, or longer than, its peduncle, few- 
flowered; floral bract ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the twisted stalked ovary, Flowers 
:5 in. long, green, the lip dull purple. Dorsal sepal linear, blunt, spreading, its 
margins recurved; the lateral pair broadly ovate, 5-nerved, recurved. Petus linear, 
obtuse, reflexed, their margins recurved. Lip quadrate, abruptly deflexed from the 
middle, concave, and bearing two. erect tooth-like calli; its edges entire; its apex 
broad, emarginate, erose, and with a short central apiculus. Column not curved, its 
upper half hood-like from the large rounded crenulate wings. Anther acuminate. Ridley 
in Journ. Linn. бос. XXII, 261; Hook. fil, Fl. Br. Ind. V, 698. L. odorata, Lindl. Gen. 
and Spec. Orchid., 26; Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl, 295. Етриза paradoza, Lindl. in 
Wall Cat. 1937A (іп pert Bot. Reg. sub. t. 825; Gen. and Spec. Orchid, 17;. 
Miquel Prolus. Fl. Japon., 135; Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl, 426. Malazis lancifoliz, 
Smith in Rees’ Encycl. 
Tropical valleys up to elevations of 6,000 feet in the Sikkim-Himalaya; Pantling 
No. 228. Kamaon-Himalaya, Naga, Hills, Khasia Hills, Near Mymensingh in Bengal. 
Burma, Mysore, the Concan and Ceylon—also in Siam, China, Japan and Java. 
Flowering in Sikkim from July to September. 
The description and figure here given of this widely-distributed plant refer to 
it only as it is found in the Sikkim-Himalaya. The descriptions of specimens from 
other regions show that they differ in some respects. 
Рглте 34.—Liparis paradoza, Reichb. fil. A plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 Wo free view, 
2 а flower, én profile, З lower surface of lip, 4 anther, 5 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
Axx. Roy. Bor. Garb., Catcurra, Vor. VIII. 
